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Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio) step by step. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Leave out egg, wrapper, oil, lettuce, basil and mint.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook healthier vietnamese egg rolls (cha gio) using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio):
- Make ready 2 packages Egg roll wrapper ( use small ones)
- Get 1 lb shrimp, deshell, devein, finely chop
- Get 1 lb Ground pork
- Prepare 1 Chicken breast, diced fine
- Get 1 cup jicama, chopped fine
- Make ready 2 cup bean sprouts
- Get 3 red onions, chopped fine
- Get 4 carrots, shredded
- Make ready 2 green onion, chopped fine
- Prepare 1 tbsp red boat fish sauce
- Get 1 salt and pepper to taste
- Prepare 1 egg beaten, set aside to seal egg rolls
- Prepare 1 avocado, smashed
- Prepare 1 canola oil for frying
- Prepare 1 bunch bean thread cut into small pieces. this is optional if you want less carbs
- Make ready 1 head leaf lettuce for garnish
- Prepare 1 bunch mint for garnish
- Take 1 bunch basil for garnish
I tried to improve on the traditional recipe by adding lean chicken and lots and lots of veggies as well as some avocado. These can be stored in the freezer and fried up as a snack anytime. Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio). Here is how you achieve it.
Steps to make Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio):
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Leave out egg, wrapper, oil, lettuce, basil and mint. Mix well.
- Using the wrapper, place it in a diamond shape facing towards you. Place a tablespoon of the mixture onto the bottom corner.
- Tightly roll the wrapper until it's half way. Fold in right and left corners. The tighter the roll, the less oily it will be.
- Continue rolling until about 1/4 of the way there, brush corner with egg and seal
- Freeze egg rolls over night as they come out crispier when fried after freezing
- Heat up a pot of oil (canola) and place frozen egg rolls in hot oil to deep fry making a batch of 5-8 at a time. Fry for 10 min until golden brown and floating up to the surface.
- Place cooked eggrolls on a plate lined with paper towels to let excess oil drain.
- Serve immediately with dipping sauce. I prefer the traditional fish/vinegar sauce combo (nuc mam). I use lettuce, mint, basil to wrap each egg roll and dip it in the sauce.
This authentic Vietnamese egg roll recipe (cha gio) is made of heavenly, delicious ingredients for its filling that is wrapped and contained a deep-fried, smooth and crispy sheet of rice paper that is absolutely divine. With the filling containing of ground pork, jimica, shrimp, crab meat, shredded carrots and bean noodles, this deep-fried. How to Make Vietnamese Egg Roll (Chả Giò) Vietnamese Egg Roll (Chả Giò) One of Vietnam most popular appetizers, Vietnamese Egg Roll (Chả Giò). It's usually served in holidays and celebrations as an appetizer dish. It is also served in many other popular dishes such as rice noodles with egg rolls.
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